hybrid cars

A preliminary description of the new Honda Hybrid is given. The car is a 2010 model destined to reach dealers in late 2009. Details of the gasoline engine side of the car have not yet been disclosed, but the electric motor is reportedly driven by a nickel/metal-hydride battery rather than a lithium-ion battery. Gas mileage is thought by Road & Track to be "class leading". This new Honda may offer stiff competition for the Toyota Prius, if not as much for the plug-in hybrid Prius that is expected soon. Base price of the new Honda is an est. $19,000.

The history of mankind drastically changed with the discovery of fossil fuels and their capacity to power up automobiles.

Technology enabled the mass production of cars and allowed a big percentage of households to experience a revolution in transportation.

New York authorities hurry to increase the city fleet taxis with a rate of 300 new hybrid cars per month, announced mayor Michael Bloomberg. Currently, there are already over 1,300 hybrid taxis in the city, each making a saving of $ 6,500 per year.

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Sam Pulcrano, Vice President, Sustainability, United States Postal Service (USPS) is interviewed about sustainability initiatives at the US Postal Service, including recycling, energy efficiency, and the new business opportunities sustainability brings.

An article about the release of Toyota’s plug in Hybrid scheduled for release in 2010: “It’s no secret Toyota’s been working on a plug-in hybrid to compete against the forthcoming Chevrolet Volt, but Wednesday’s announcement sets a firm deadline and makes it clear Toyota has no plans of ceding the green mantle to General Motors. It also underscores how quickly the race to build a viable mass-market electric car is heating up.”

Honda Motor Company announced it will launch a new hybrid car low-cost market in Japan, North America and Europe at the beginning of 2009, aiming to overcome the Toyota race car production environment.

View 10 up and coming electric car companies from around the world that are offering a variety of vehicles including high performance sports cars! Watch videos of their feautered vehicles including the Tesla Roadster and Lightening GT.

A Squidoo lens dedicated to hybrid cars including how a hybrid works, reasons to buy a hybrid, green car resources and videos.

I'm sure you've all heard of the sub-prime loan crisis and the falling U.S. dollar, but I bet you didn't know that it was trickling down to affect efficient vehicle choices for U.S. and European consumers.

Independent tests conducted by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory on the mono-fueled version of the BMW Hydrogen 7 prototype have found that the car’s hydrogen-powered engine surpasses the super-ultra low-emission vehicle (SULEV) level, the most stringent emissions performance standard to date.

There's a new sustainable product review/research site that's having a contest as part of its launch complete with clever name:

HUDDLER.COM's "WIN A BAG WITH COOL GREEN STUFF" CONTEST

They're giving away 10 bags of stuff worth $145 each - register, write some reviews and/or wiki articles and you're in.

More than a decade ago, Joshua Tickell embarked on a nationwide tour with his ‘Veggie Van,’ fueling it with biodiesel for a total of about 25,000 miles of crisscrossing the country over a couple of years. How Tickell sourced his biodiesel was a story in itself and yielded much media attention; through a memorably DIY arrangement, he gathered free used fryer grease from fast-food franchises along the way and prepared biodiesel, a small batch at a time, with equipment he’d devised.

Toyota swallowed about half the cost of the Prius during its first few years on the market, but today it actually turns a profit. Will GM do the same for the Chevrolet Volt?

Hot new electric car set to hit market, with hopes of taking over Toyota's leadership position.